Par"ri*cide (?), n. [F., fr. L.
parricida; pater father + caedere to kill. See
Father, Homicide, and cf. Patricide.]
1. Properly, one who murders one's own father;
in a wider sense, one who murders one's father or mother or any
ancestor.
2. [L. parricidium.] The act or crime
of murdering one's own father or any ancestor.